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December 2012 Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky Class A #38122

Nighttime sighting outside a residence north of Hayes Cemetery near Grayson

The witness was alone at home at night and stepped onto the porch after a relative reported screams nearby. After howling without response, the witness saw a tall hair-covered figure peek from behind a pine tree, make eye contact, then step out and leave in three large strides across the road. The witness later measured the standing height against the tree and photographed and measured a single footprint left in the yard.

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5 April 2012 Leitchfield, Grayson County, Kentucky Class B #35456

Possible knocks, vocalizations and footprints found outside a home near Leitchfield

Late at night the witness went outside to feed dogs and heard three loud solid knocks followed by a long loud scream-like cry. About half an hour later after going back outside the same sequence repeated. She later found very large footprints where the sounds seemed to originate and had tracking dogs follow the scent until they stopped and refused to continue.

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21 October 2008 Slade, Powell County, Kentucky Class B #24948

Campers experience possible harassment all night in the Red River Gorge

Three people camping overnight near a creek reported prolonged howling in the evening and a close loud scream during the night. Through the night they heard movement around the tents, sticks hitting trees, branches breaking, and had objects disturbed including a tent stake pulled out. They also reported white eyeshine, a pungent odor, a dark figure seen in the treeline after daylight, and footprints and torn branches found in the morning.

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June 2005 Mays Lick, Fleming County, Kentucky Class B #25702

Piercing scream heard by twelve people near Mays Lick

The witness's husband and another adult were sitting with boys camping in the woods on a moonlit night when the husband noticed a figure moving between trees, with moonlight visible between its legs. The group left the woods, and the next day the witness found footprints and poured a mold of one, plus other ground and vegetation signs. The investigator later reported the couple described a seven-foot-tall, wide-shouldered creature with a cone-shaped head and no neck.

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11 October 1980 Fairview, Fleming County, Kentucky Class A #2382

Man fires shots at an unidentified man or animal near his back porch. Later he finds frozen meat littered about his back yard

The witness was home watching a baseball game when a strange noise from the back porch prompted investigation with a pistol. The witness reported seeing a large dark upright shadow-like figure running toward the woods, firing shots, then seeing it again near an old stable and firing again without hitting it. Afterwards the witness found a porch freezer broken into with frozen food scattered, plus white hairs and ground impressions.

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Partial sighting in Kentucky

The younger son came from outside saying a face had appeared on the hill by the fence and then was gone. After the father returned from work the family inspected the spot and found a large foot-shaped impression in tall grass, an area of flattened grass behind the fence, and a plain trail leading up the hill into the woods.

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